SHE IS one of the world’s biggest stars and for the first time in the 12-year history of her hit TV show, Peppa Pig is dipping her dainty trotter in the red mud Down Under.

The popular porker’s Australian holiday will feature in a 60-minute cinema special premiere-ing in March and three episodes will be rolled out on television in mid-2017.

By featuring Australia in her show, Peppa joins a star-studded small-screen alumni that includes Oprah Winfrey, Ellen DeGeneres, Modern Family and perhaps less memorably, The Simpsons.

The pretty piglet will be joined by little brother George and Mummy and Daddy Pig when they meet up with friends, the Kangaroo family, for a series of crackling adventures through the Australian outback, Sydney and the Great Barrier Reef.

Peppa Pig's first Australian holiday includes a scuba diving excursion with the Kangaroo family. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied

Managing Director of Entertainment One Licensing Australia, Trish Padoin, said by happy coincidence, Mummy Kangaroo is a marine biologist who takes the pigs scuba-diving on the Reef.

“They also go to the beach, learn to throw a boomerang, explore our amazing coral,” said Ms Padoin.

“It’s part of the new seventh season of Peppa Pig which was very much needed and wanted.”

The Kangaroo family hits the waves in Peppa Pig’s Australian holiday. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied

The voices of the Kangaroo family are actually a Queensland family who have been subject to a confidentiality agreement about the gig for a year.

“We got the job through our daughter, after the initial casting call looking for an eight-year-old girl,” said Mr Byrne.

“We hooked up the studio (at Mount Tamborine) and did an audition. It’s certainly one to tick off the bucket list.”

Peppa Pig is screened in 180 countries, and the Australian episodes will air across Asia, the US, Canada, Brazil, Mexico, Italy, Greece, Spain and Germany.

Peppa Pig learns to throw a boomerang on her Australian holiday, with the help of the Kangaroo family. Picture: SuppliedSource:Supplied

Tourism Australia Managing Director John O’Sullivan said they were thrilled to get some additional promotion through pig power.

“Our impossibly cute kangaroos, wallabies, koalas, wombats, echidnas and quokkas already do a wonderful job of luring international travellers, but we’re delighted to receive a bit of additional animal advocacy from Peppa Pig and her family,” Mr O’Sullivan said.

“Looking at where they’ve been and what they’ve got up to, they’ve clearly had a ball and we look forward to their Australian holiday experiences helping to inspire a whole new generation to follow in their steps.”

Peppa and George will be appearing at the Sydney Opera House and Taronga Zoo today, ahead of the cinema launch of their trailer tomorrow.

Ms Padoin said even though it was an animated series, kids did not see a difference between the character costume and the Peppa they saw on screen.

“For us it’s about exciting the fans and we’re so proud to have her here and show her our beautiful country,” she said.